Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-06
HOME AND FARM.


/ become dirty, and need much airing
Exchange.
Cream Cake: Two cupfuls sugar:
one cupful OF water; SIX eggs: three
! cupfuls flour; two teaspoonfuls baking
! powder Blade
| A few drons of ammonia in hard
water will not only soften it but will re-
move dirt better than soap. 1t is ALWAYS
! a good article TO use when bathing the
! person. and the water in which il is
+: diluted makes an excellent stimuient to
, house and other plants.-THs House
+ hold.
No implement on the farm viii paw
for itself sooner than a good cutter. The
proper preparation of the feed is : yerr
important matter. II not orlv saves
in quantity. but gives better results in
yield Of milk, beef, wool and other ami
nal productS.-N Z. Farmer.
To sweep Z room without raising
dust. scatter damp grass or dampened
bits OF paper over the carpet This not
only prevents the flying Of dust but
saves the carpet from wear and tear
Either grass or paper IS better than tea
leaves or bran (often recommended),
as the former leaves no stain or spot
GOOD HottSskesD!sg-
Ice weighs as ordinarily packed
about fifty pounds TO the cubic feet At
gue hundred pounds day for The ordi-
nary consumption OF q farm dairy.
a ton would be used up in twenty
days. 4 ton and a half q month Is a
moderate supply to have. From this
the farmer can easily calculate the
amount 10 be stored. allowing twenty
per cent Tor wasce.-B1stos. B,.Ietin.
Pound Cake: One pound % -four,
one pound ot butter. one pound OF sugar.
four e@gs and two teaspoonfuls extract
Of lemon. Beat the butter TO a cream
add the sugar and -four. mix well: add
the extract and weII-beaten eggs and
,.%t the mixture twenty minutes. Line
q cake-tin with buttered paper. and
bake in = moderate oven.-T'hs Caterer
~ lille much Of the original forest
remained. with only few clearings. it
vas 4 great protection to wheat BY hold
ing snow evenly over the surface dur
ing the coolest weather. Eo~ the
winds have such sweep that most Of
the Snow : drifleI III the banks to the
fences. where it does more harm than
good. On prairie soil wheat IS always
best next the fences. CIsre.xf.d Lealer.
The plants which one adopts in
rotation OF crops must correspond TO
the nature OF the climate, and Of the
soil, and II the circumstances IF the
farm. and be so arranged. one afler
another. according to the degree OF
manure in which the field Is. that the
culture OF the preceding fruit may leave
the soil in such STATE that the cultiva-
ton OF the after-fruit may require no
extra ordinary labor and care upon it.
-Dstr2it Tribune
-Tapioca cream pudding is simply
made and IS very nice: Soak two
of tapioca in half a
pint of milk over night; in the morn
ing beat the yelks of three eggs very
light and mix them with the tapioca
and cup Of sugar; stir into one quart
OF boiling milk and boil for FIVE
minutes; flavor with lemon or vanilla.
and when cool put the whites of the
eggs beaten TO froth on the top
Boston Budget,
The theory Of Dr.. Wilson, q Meriden,
that the burning Of kerosene oil has
to do with diphtheria. is in
teresting. There were seventy-one
deaths from diphtheria in the town Of
Aer;den IN one year. and by personal
inves,j cation D.. Wilson found tha. III
every case the family used kerosene
lamps. There were many other cases
in Mer;den that year. the spread ot the
disease being from contag.on. Bur not
IN = single case where gas or candles
were used was there death from that
itsease.-Estc H.lgesg .JourEa.
In potting plants, first be careful
that your pot i quite clean: then take
a piece OF broken crock. place ~ the
bottom. over the hole. then add 4 few
mo-e. after which place IN a little soil;
then put in your plant. being sure that
you do not get it too deep, put in a little /
soil, keeping YOUR plant well in the cell
ter Of your pot: press down firmly with /
the thumb of the right hand, and so till !
within one inch OF the top. Always !
put the plant in the shade. after giving /
4 good watering, for day or two |
Chicago Tribune.